Robert Falconer (Translated)
Scots-English Edition
Published on 28. June 2025
Book
Hardback
624 pages
978-1-917830-11-9 (ISBN)
Description
George MacDonald's masterpiece, unabridged and updated (2025) Scots-English edition
Robert Falconer is one of the greatest novels by George MacDonald, the man whom C.S. Lewis called his "master." In his preface, translator David Jack writes that Robert Falconer "revolves around a twin-search by the hero: one after the prodigal earthly father whom he barely remembers to have seen, the other in pursuit of a Heavenly Father through the densest of theological fogs engendered by the well-meaning religious instruction of his Calvinist grannie...the odyssey left me spellbound, and here I found the essence of MacDonald's spiritual vision encapsulated in a soaring work of fiction (soaring like the notes of Robert's cherished violin): namely that 'Fatherhood is at the great world's core.'"
MacDonald's frequent use of Scots in the dialogue of many of his novels has posed a problem for many readers. This breakthrough edition of Robert Falconer presents the complete original text, but places English translations side-by-side with the Scots. It also features an introduction by best-selling author Michael Phillips, the world's foremost expert on George MacDonald, along with fifteen original illustrations by artist Leighton Isaacs.
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Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
1351 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-917830-11-9 (9781917830119)
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George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian Congregational clergyman. He established himself as a pioneering figure in modern fantasy writing and mentored fellow writer Lewis Carroll. In addition to his fairy stories, MacDonald wrote various works on Christian theology, including sermon collections. George MacDonald was born on December 10, 1824 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His father, a farmer, descended from the Clan MacDonald of Glen Coe and was a direct descendant of one of the families killed in the 1692 massacre. MacDonald was raised in an exceptionally literary household: one of his maternal uncles was a renowned Celtic scholar, editor of the Gaelic Highland Dictionary, and collector of fairy stories and Celtic oral poetry. His paternal grandfather had helped to publish an edition of James Macpherson's Ossian, a contentious epic poem based on the Fenian Cycle of Celtic Mythology that contributed to the birth of European Romanticism. MacDonald's step-uncle was a Shakespeare scholar, while his paternal cousin was also a Celtic intellectual.